Lithuania: LNG Terminal Capacity Allocation Starts

Klaipedos Nafta of Lithuania said it has started the primary capacity allocation (open season) of the country’s first LNG terminal.

The first contracts for LNG regasification and (or) reload services will be concluded in June-July, while the capacity will be allocated annually. However, when the terminal’s activity progresses, unallocated capacities will be regularly updated and published on the company’s website and will be available for booking at any time according to technical possibilities, Klaipedos Nafta said in a statement.

LNG terminal offers users the opportunity to acquire terminal capacities, which include: birthing right to the LNG terminal, loading of LNG into the terminal, temporary storage of LNG until it is regasified or reloaded into small scale LNG vessel, regasification and (or) reloading LNG into small scale LNG vessel. Priority will be given to the regasification activity. Terminal operations are scheduled to start from the end of this year.

“LNG terminal project is rapidly moving forward and gaining sharper contours. FSRU (floating storage regasification unit) is already built, the infrastructure works are carried out according to plan, and now we start another major milestone – the terminal’s capacity allocation. The terminal will also have a third-party access and will be open to all global LNG market participants who may from today reserve terminal’s capacity for regasification, temporary storage of LNG and reload operations. We sincerely hope to meet the market’s expectations and to develop reliable and strong partnership with our clients,” Rokas Masiulis, CEO of Klaipedos Nafta said.